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When we broke up
I swore i would win
So
I stopped eating
and wished i would be thin
I prayed that with each pound i lost
id lose the parts of me
that held my love for you
as the you
that was me
shrunk,
I had begun to claim victory…
wh...

your skin is stained by the
cinstelattions mapped out
with your freckles
the same freckles that scatter
across the canvas that is your
face
that you stare at
with a wrinkled brow
and pursed lips
all too often at 3 o'clock in the morning
forgetting that your mother
carried the sa...

with an army of magazines
and beauty queens
how do i compete?
when my trophy case of
unattainable standards
stays
empty
spiders hibernate and weave in my
valley of insecurity
when its a race
pick up the pace
because today's the sale
for a new face
the lines are long...
...

leaves scatter after
windsblow stormscry and earthsshake
leaves always scatter
so easy to think
so hard to breath with all these
leaves scattered on me
going crazy when
i realize how much of a mess
i have to clean,leaves
fallen leaves offer
a blanket to the buried
leaves leave trees...

when I asked you long ago...
about the people who come and go...
you said you weren't one of them
you promised me forever...
the two of us together...
so I thought that meant
never,ever would you leave me...

A worn through soul
dead before she ever lived
used and abused
stepping on broken glass
to feel the last of herself
trying to find the father she dreamed about in the different faces of her one night stands
the ever changing beat of her heart
is now frozen
locked in a death hold
a knife sli...